I recently spent a couple of hours in the University City of Oxford. A beautiful place that is simply heaving with bus and coach operations of a quality that is superb.
The Major Operator is Oxford Bus Company (OBC) which in itself is a subsidiary of the
‘Go-Ahead’ (GA) group.
Of the 150 or so buses listed in the current ‘OBC’ fleet list the vast majority are registered with OXF Suffixes.
BF55 OXF
A Mercedes- Benz 0530 Citaro. Part of the’OBC’ fleet.
SV08 DHP
A Volvo B7R with Plaxton Profile Interurban bodywork currently operating with ‘Stagecoach East’ from their Bedford depot.
OU62 BYV
A Dennis Dart SLF 4 carrying Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) Enviro 200 bodywork. Part of ‘Stagecoach’s Oxford based fleet.
YJ13 HNX
An Optare Solo SR in service with ‘Thames Travel’. One of a batch of 5 that were ordered for services in Bicester.
OU57 FGZ
An 'ADL' Enviro 200 Dart.
Another of ‘Thames Travel’s fleet although you would hardly know it. Seen in a ‘Colourbus’ livery advertising Oxford’s Science Park.
Y238 FJN
A Dennis Dart with Alexander ALX 200 bodywork now with ‘Red Rose’ having previously worked for ‘Stagecoach’ in London.
As might be expected, Oxford is high on the list if places to be visited by tourists. A consequence of that is the number of open top double deckers seeking their custom.
PJ53 NKC
A Volvo B7TL/ Transbus President of ‘Tappin Coaches’ of Didcot. Previously employed by ‘Go-Ahead’ London in dual doored form.
LY02 OAE
A Dennis Trident with ‘ADL’ ALX 400 bodywork is another ex London bus working for ‘Tappins’. This time having come from ‘Stagecoach’.
PO56 JEJ
A Volvo B7TL with East Lancs Myllenium bodywork again with ‘Tappins’. The published information re this bus suggests that it came new as a part open topper.
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